Your family

Your Australia Awards entitlements don’t cover your family members, however many students have their family join them in Sydney either temporarily or for the duration of their scholarship. The International Sponsorships team can help you with the documents needed for your family members’ visa applications.

Staying with you on your visa

If your family is joining you in Sydney as dependants on your student visa, contact the International Sponsorships team for advice and support.

We recommend you wait at least three months before bringing your family to Australia. This gives you time to settle in, find somewhere to live and adapt to your new study environment before you assist your family with their transition.

To bring your family to Australia as dependants, you will need to provide some documents. This includes:

a letter of support from the University. You need to submit a completed a questionnaire to the International Sponsorships team, who can then provide you with a letter of support.

a Letter of No Objection from the Australia Awards (DFAT) office in your home country

if you have school-aged children, evidence of having registered them with a public school in the area where you are living. The International Sponsorships team can assist you with lodging a school registration application form.

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